Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 16 March 2010 at 18:18:00 Concerns remain over the undemocratic nature of the copyright clause The House of Lords today passed the controversial Digital Economy bill, despite last-minute attempts yesterday by members to change the included copyright legislation proposals….
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Digital Economy bill passed by House of Lords
Nokia and Intel caused some excitement when they announced they were merging their mobile operating systems into one that would be called MeeGo. Considering that the Nokia N900, Nokia’s current high-end smartphone, shipped with Meamo, Nokia’s half of MeeGo, it was assumed that MeeGo would run on the Nokia N900. Unfortunately, that may not be the case, or it may be.
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MeeGo Maybe, Maybe Not Heading To Nokia N900 [Conflicting Rumors From Nokia Have Created Confusion Over MeeGo]
The folks over at the Milwaukee Makerspace built these fine Pot O’ Gold floats to drive in a St. Patrick’s Day parade. They don’t seem to have build details available, however you can get a good idea of how they were build by looking through the project photos
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Lucky Makers drive pots of gold in St. Patrick’s Day parade
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day on Wednesday, might we suggest a lovely Green Mini Breadboard ? Half the size of a half-size breadboard, this Mini Breadboard is perfect for tiny projects and for sticking onto the top of Arduino ProtoShields! Normally, we’d encourage you to choose from 5 colors, but today, please consider green! Features: Measures 1.4″ x 1.6″ (3.5cm x 4.5cm) 170 tie points Brings good luck to its user Fits great on Arduino ProtoShield Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Maker Shed Store | Digg this!
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In the Maker Shed: Green Mini Breadboards
A piece published on The New York Times posed a provocative question: could wiki technology help find Osama Bin Laden? The answer is maybe. If any Pakistani or Afghan were armed with a mobile phone to send text messages to authorities with anonymous tips on where to look
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What journalists should know about Ushahidi
This Segway-style transportation device uses famed kinetic artist Theo Jansen’ s style of bug-like locomtion. I think the rider appears to surf on another creature, perhaps a crayfish? Cajun Crawler [via @EMSL ] More: Theo Jansen papercraft walker Theo Jansen-inspired Arduino walker Interview with Theo Jansen…
Some very interesting news from AudioCodes with the launch of AudioCodes’ SIP Phone Support (SPS) for Microsoft Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS). AudioCodes is well known for their VoIP gateway products – well think of SPS as a gateway between SIP IP phones and Microsoft OCS
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AudioCodes SPS Brings Microsoft OCS Features to Legacy SIP Phones
Starting today, get ready to hear a lot (more) about access to high-speed broadband, whom should control the broadcast airwaves, and the role of the federal government in regulating both. The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to send its long-awaited National Broadband Plan to Congress, a move that will further propel issues mostly discussed among the telecom industry, advocates, and regulators into the political arena. [ Update: Watch live streaming of the FCC's presentation of the National Broadband Plan to Congress through 12:30 pm EST.
We hit independent Oregonian jewelers Nicholas and Felice’s Pi Pendant and Pi Earrings for Pi Day this last Sunday, but, as you can see from these pics, they’ve got cool handmade jewelry for geeks of all flavors. If you’re a chemist, for instance, you might appreciate their Atomic Symbol for Silver Necklace , shown above, either as jewelry or as a gorgeous (and attractively labeled) silver specimen for your elements collection. And a little something for the ladies (who also happen to be bad-ass electrical engineers): Diode Symbol Sterling Silver Earrings And, finally, for just about anyone who’s geeky enough to be operating the computer required to read this blog in the first place (and who, you know, has pierced ears), these awesome HTML “head” tag earrings , to remind you and others where you keep your meta-data
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Featured Maker: Nicholas and Felice
A study by Noah Fierer and co-workers at the University of Colorado at Boulder suggests that the mix of bacterial flora each of us leaves behind on, say, our computer keyboard or mouse, may be sufficiently unique to identify us: “Each one of us leaves a unique trail of bugs behind as we travel through our daily lives,” said Fierer, an assistant professor in CU-Boulder’s ecology and evolutionary biology department. “While this project is still in it’s preliminary stages, we think the technique could eventually become a valuable new item in the toolbox of forensic scientists.” The study was published March 15 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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You can be identified by the germs you leave behind
By Martha Reed I belong to the Pittsburgh chapter of Sisters in Crime and I’m starting to think we have some funky mojo going when it comes to scheduling our events and running into freakish weather. Last January, during our Hallie Ephron Workshop, a surprise blizzard blew into Pittsburgh exactly one hour before the event was scheduled to begin. An ice storm blasted Western Pennsylvania the day of our Holiday Luncheon this year and just last weekend – after months and months of planning – our Writers Retreat featuring special guest teacher and moderator Ramona Long was situated in Confluence, PA, which if you’ve been watching the news was Ground Zero for the snowmelt flooding on the Yachagheny river on Saturday.
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I Survived the Confluence Writers Retreat!
Hackers step up attempts to protect malware Hackers have protected the newest version of Zeus, a do-it-yourself crimeware kit responsible for stealing millions of pounds from consumers and businesses, with anti-piracy provisions similar to those used by Microsoft’s Windows.
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Zeus crimeware kit includes anti-piracy technology
“ How do you emboss a 6″ x 6″ card front ?” This is a question I have been asked, time and time again. Today I am going to show you one of the easiest ways to do just that. Most of my cards are 6″ x 6″ so I am always trying to come up with something that looks interesting and discovered this technique when I was wanting to emboss my 6″ x 6″ card. My designer paper was made by using the Abstract Embossing Technique from the April 2005 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter . My image is a download from Twisted Papers .
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How to Emboss Your Oversized Card
Check out this excellent instructable that shows you how to bend mains wire into a roller coaster track for a ball bearing. More: How ball bearings are made HOW TO – Make a ball bearing trampoline game Right on Track – Rolling Ball Sculpture Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Instructables | Digg this!
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Build a ball-bearing roller coaster
Netflix App Streams Gorgeously on Windows Phone 7 [NetFlix] Here’s the first demo of Netflix running on Windows Phone 7 . Keep in mind, it’s technically a prototype, but equipped with show subscriptions and 3G streaming, Netflix is super hot on the platform. We want this.
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Netflix App Streams Gorgeously on Windows Phone 7 [NetFlix]
Lawsuit targets Epson, Hitachi, Sharp and others Dell has filed a lawsuit against Epson, Hitachi, Sharp, Toshiba and HannStar, charging them with colluding to fix prices for products. “We’re seeking to recover money collected for LCD panels that were purchased at artificially inflated prices, set through what we believe was an unlawful collaboration,” he said. Dell hasn’t specified how much money it hopes to be awarded in the case
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Dell accuses LCD makers of pricing-fixing cartel
‘@anywhere’ puts Twitter on external web pages Twitter plans to launch a new platform that lets web publishers display ‘tweets’ on their sites more broadly and easily than is possible today via the company’s APIs (application programming interfaces).
Newport site has room for 19,000 server racks One of the world’s largest data centres has opened for business in the UK, protected by bomb-proof glass and powered by enough electricity to run a small city.
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Wales gets one of the world’s largest data centres
In response to DIY Movie Making Month, one of our readers, Angela Sheehan, sent us this wonderful little movie she made with her (then six-year-old) sister: This is a stop-motion collage I made, based on drawings by my little sister (six years old at the time). Back in 2005, I was studying animation and taking classes in childhood development/learning and wanted to combine the two. I decided to make a movie with her over Thanksgiving break.
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Two sisters collaborate on The Three Girls
As you know, I spend all of my waking hours (save my triweekly spelunking sessions, of course) scouring the Interweb so I can find cool stuff about what document management can do to improve businesses. The glitz and glamour of MFPs and mobile printing is exciting and all, but sometimes it’s important to get back to the basics
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How to Implement a Successful ECM Project